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Since the 16 hour Space Hulk relaunch came and went by, I was wondering how a company like Games Workshop that has taken a significant dent in its profit margin over the past couple years could make a lot of money.

Then it hit me: limited edition re-releases of specialist games.

The fact that they'd be limited runs, maybe being re-released every 5 years or so, would make people want to buy them when they otherwise would have never bothered.

And re-releasing multiple Specialist games (say, 2 per year) over a period of several days till they sell out, would keep things interesting and also make people buy stuff out of frustration that they missed out on their favorite specialist game's last sale.

Which ones would you be interested in, if GW re-released them as a shiny new boxset like Space Hulk?

Personally I'd be getting BFG and maybe Necromunda or Inquisitor.

All of them.

BFG is certainly my favorite. It can be well combined with a 40k game.

Epic and battlefleet gothic, easily.

You probably should have added a "none" for the sick puppies who would need it.

EDIT: Just saw you said "over several days", in that case I probably wouldn't get any, I'm sick of these releases that punish me for not impulse buying.

THREAD FAILS WITHOUT OPTION FOR WARHAMMER QUEST.

I would like to buy / rebuy any of them to be honest. Although I've ticked Necromunda as I still play it.

Hero quest!

Yeah it is same as warhammer quest.. But "hero quest " sound better!

BFG.

Then Epic.

To be honest... None.

An all in 1 box game of Battlefleet Gothic would just be as bad as Dreadfleet, but in SPAAAACCCEEEE.

The truth is, I find Dropzone Commander to be better than Epic 40k was by miles. I also could never get on with Blood Bowl, but love Dreadball.

Inquisitor just felt like a mess, I never played it but all I've ever heard from it amounted to, "look how pwnage my Sphess Mehreen is."

Necromunda? I actually don't like a gang warfare as a concept, Deadzone with its strike teams is far more up my street.

However, in saying all this... Battlefleet Gothic, properly done, as a second edition, but keeping the old models compatible, yes I'll have that. - I may have panic-bought some Battlefleet Gothic when I saw it was vanishing.

Gorka Morka, Blood Bowl, Mordheim, Necromunda, and Battlefleet Gothic.

Inquisitors 54mm miniatures never appealed to me and the rules were not very good.

EPIC requires 40K sized armies that wouldn't suit a single box set release.

Well, Necromunda is what got me into playing 40k as a nice stepping stone. Ultimately, I prefer Necromunda and Mordheim better for the amount of alternative models that they provided to their parent universes. I have used a collection of Necromunda models for Chaos Cultists, Zealots, Penal Legion, and Renegade Militia for a quite a long time particularly because it provides a good bit of actual human models that seem sorely under-represented in a game dominated by power-armored men.

Mordheim just as well gave a good selection for Imperials (my favorite being a number of Marienburgers I have used for DoW Duellists and Ostlanders with Two-handed Weapons for Greatswords for at least a decade). Some of those models still look far better then the what currently resides in the current plastics and have made excellent characters.

Definitely BFG would top my list. Followed by Epic, especially with the huge improvements in plastic models since the time Epic was first introduced back in prehistory.

And Necromunda would be awesome too. Blood Bowl is always great for a laugh.

Not giving Warmaster a second chance?

And what about good ol' Man O'War?

Battlefleet Gothic. I'd love an Imperial fleet, and to expand my Eldar. One of GW's best games in my opinion.

Mordheim probably too. No one I know has played, and I might be willing to give it a shot, but really it's just to get the Sisters of Sigmar to use as Priests for my Sisters of Battle.

BFG, Mordheim and Necromunda, definitely. Maybe Gorka Morka. I wanted to start Mordheim when it first came out, same with BFG, but I just didn't have much money as a 12 year old;p

Necromunda was the best game I ever played. My group even made a NM RPG which was fun as hell.

If Necromunda had new plastics, every 40K gamer would probably be interested. I know I would pick it up for the spangly bits rather than the rules, necessarily. I'd love to give BFG a try, too, especially if they included rules to tie it into your 40K campaigns.

Epic intrigues me, but I like painting, and I'm not sure the scale would hold my attention.

Mordheim would be the absolutely easiest for GW to put out. Simply adjust the warbands to use existing WHFB models and all you have to do is publish the rulebook.

Necromunda for me. I played that more then 40k back in the day.

 Ghaz wrote:
Mordheim would be the absolutely easiest for GW to put out. Simply adjust the warbands to use existing WHFB models and all you have to do is publish the rulebook.

They'd just have to copy+paste all the fan-made warbands from the old Mordheimer website and add them into the rulebook. Couple new spells, fan campaigns, maybe a new special rule for each warband, and voila, Mordheim!

 the_Armyman wrote:
If Necromunda had new plastics, every 40K gamer would probably be interested. I know I would pick it up for the spangly bits rather than the rules, necessarily. I'd love to give BFG a try, too, especially if they included rules to tie it into your 40K campaigns.

Epic intrigues me, but I like painting, and I'm not sure the scale would hold my attention.

Thing is, if Necromunda came out now can you imagine the whining and crying over how unbalanced it was? lmao my Ratskins ignore hive quakes. gg

Necromunda was just before the internet gave everyone a voice to cry with. Back when Isaaac Tobin's Nexus and Ed's Hobby Hovel were the cutting edge.

 OldSkoolGoff wrote:

 the_Armyman wrote:
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Thing is, if Necromunda came out now can you imagine the whining and crying over how unbalanced it was? lmao my Ratskins ignore hive quakes. gg

Necromunda was just before the internet gave everyone a voice to cry with. Back when Isaaac Tobin's Nexus and Ed's Hobby Hovel were the cutting edge.

Necromunda and Mordheim should have endpoints, though. Some warbands will get OP before the campaign ends, but that's the luck o' the dice. There are also mechanics to make it worth fighting tougher warbands, so I'm cool with that.

They could probably do some interesting things with monopose, snapfit kits for Necromunda that would give you the ability to upgrade your models without ripping them apart between each game. They could even release upgrade packs for different gangs... if GW still did that sort of thing.

 OldSkoolGoff wrote:


Thing is, if Necromunda came out now can you imagine the whining and crying over how unbalanced it was? lmao my Ratskins ignore hive quakes. gg

There is a reason the guy in our group who played Ratskins never got to use his gang more than once.